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Supreme Court Rules Seoul Must Pay 42.1 Billion Won in Gyeongui Line Forest Park Fees The Supreme Court's Second Division (Presiding Justice Um Sang-pil) finalized the lower court's ruling against the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Seoul against the Korea National Railway to cancel the imposition of compensation fees. SBS Aug 12, 2026 11:28 AM

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Vegetable and Fruit Prices Surge Amid Protracted Heatwave Lee Young-hee, who runs a restaurant at a traditional market in Seoul, finds herself increasingly worried every time she goes grocery shopping these days. SBS Aug 12, 2026 11:19 AM

Lebanon Becomes First in Middle East to Officially Abolish Death Penalty: "A Major Milestone" During a plenary session on the 11th , the Lebanese Parliament passed a bill abolishing capital punishment with a majority vote, excluding lawmakers from the armed political faction Hezbollah out of the 128 total members, replacing the sentence with life imprisonment accompanied by aggravated forced labor. SBS Aug 12, 2026 11:13 AM

Song Won-geun, 43, Announces Marriage Through a Handwritten Letter: "I'm Shedding My Bachelor Status" Singer-turned-actor Song Won-geun, 43, has announced his marriage through a handwritten letter. SBS Star Aug 12, 2026 11:12 AM

Trump Secretly Switched to Military Plane in Israel After Receiving 'Assassination Intelligence' President Donald Trump departs for home after the NATO summit. U.S. President Donald Trump secretly switched to a military aircraft after receiving "assassination intelligence" from Israel when leaving Turkey following the NATO summit last month, the Wall Street Journal reported on the 11th . SBS Aug 12, 2026 11:05 AM

Massive Earthquake Strikes Days After Taking Office... Colombia's New President Faces Major Test Foreign Policy and other foreign policy publications analyzed on the 11th that newly sworn-in Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella faces his first major test through the handling of this earthquake disaster. SBS Aug 12, 2026 11:04 AM

Kim Min-seok: 'Chung Cheong-rae Cannot Navigate Internal and External Crises… Difficult to Manage Party-Govt Relations and Support State Affairs' Democratic Party leadership candidate Kim Min-seok said on the 12th regarding rival candidate Chung Cheong-rae, "In a situation where internal and external crises are beginning, we must navigate them with capability and a principled course, but candidate Chung will not be able to pull it through." Appearing on Kim Eo-jun's YouTube show "Humility is Hard News Factory" today, candidate Kim stated, " becomes leader, things will become even more difficult than over the past year." Kim emphasized, "When the president has four years left in office, the ruling party must maintain stability and stay firm. SBS Aug 12, 2026 11:03 AM

Ahn Cheol-soo Targets Pro-Han Faction: 'Eradicate Returning Activists' Ruining the Party People Power Party Representative Ahn Cheol-soo targeted pro-Han Dong-hoon lawmakers within the party, arguing that they should be excluded from nominations in the next general election, stating, "A faction of 'returning activists' comparable to the Democratic Party's '86 activist group' is devastating the party." During a press conference at the National Assembly today , Representative Ahn directly criticized the pro-Han faction, saying, "People who serve a specific person outside the party, engage in 'wrecking' behavior for that purpose, and divide the party must be driven out of the People Power Party." Representative Ahn's remarks came as the party's Organization Reinforcement Special Committee recently commenced activities aimed at reorganizing vacant local party chapters. SBS Aug 12, 2026 11:02 AM

Lee Jun-hyuk Chooses to Keep Working Instead of Quitting After Winning the Lottery in 'The Ordinary Jackpot' Actor Lee Jun-hyuk is returning as a unique K-office worker who chooses to go to work instead of submitting a resignation letter, even after pocketing a 1.3 billion won first-place lottery prize. SBS Star Aug 12, 2026 10:59 AM

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"Pumping Record Cash into Youth Support": Up to 19 Million Won Over 2 Years for Finding Jobs in Regional Areas The government is pursuing a plan to more than double subsidies provided to young people who find employment in regional areas in a bid to boost youth employment. SBS Aug 12, 2026 10:59 AM